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Isolation of an Anhydro-Sugar Derivative from Agar

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SINCE by the kindness of Prof. W. N. Haworth We have learnt that a publication on agar is shortly to appear from the Birmingham laboratories*, we feel it desirable that one aspect of our researches on the subject should be communicated here.

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PERCIVAL, E., SOMERVILLE, J. & FORBES, I. Isolation of an Anhydro-Sugar Derivative from Agar. Nature 142, 797–798 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142797d0

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